avoidable
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++a·void·a·ble /əˈvɔɪdəbəl/ adjective something bad that is avoidable can be avoided or prevented 可以避免的 an almost entirely avoidable cause of death 几乎可以完全避免的死因 Nearly 1,000 children die each year from accidents in the home which are avoidable. 每年有近1,000名儿童死于可避免的家庭事故。Examples from the Corpus
avoidable• Running out of gas is annoying and easily avoidable.• Much of this is completely avoidable.• Too many children are still injured in avoidable accidents.• Indeed, it would be seen as a major source of avoidable and illegal human suffering.• Otherwise mutual incomprehension and avoidable conflict will continue.• But even this ratio puts the best possible light on the contribution made by employment to the avoidable death toll.• There were potentially avoidable factors in all the cases.• The list of avoidable killings not legally construed as murder even in principle could go on and on.a·void·a·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
can bad prevented something avoidable be Corpus is avoided that or
avoidable
a‧void‧a‧ble /əˈvɔɪdəbəl/
adjectivesomething bad that is avoidable can be avoided or prevented:
an almost entirely avoidable cause of death
Nearly 1,000 children die each year from accidents in the home which are avoidable.
a‧void‧a‧ble /əˈvɔɪdəbəl/
adjectivesomething bad that is avoidable can be avoided or prevented:
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